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    BCL Fantasy Tips: RaiQuan 'The Chef' Gray is cooking

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    The new-look BCL Fantasy game on a mobile app is available to download now, as your perfect companion to the 2024-25 season!

    MIES (Switzerland) - The official Basketball Champions League Fantasy game is available to all for the second straight season, thanks to the Scorestars mobile app.

    The new app brings a lot of improvements and new features: All players are available to every user, and there's more tactical gameplay and more daily manager missions.

    There is also a new in-app currency called basketballs, the possibility to improve your team's players, collect daily rewards, and progress in divisions throughout the season. By default, you get to spend 55 efficiency points on your five starters. Here to help you with the selection are our Fantasy Tips.

    RAIQUAN THE CHEF HAS BEEN COOKING IN 2025

    AKE just dropped 97 points against the Greek rivals Promitheas Patras BC Vikos Cola on January 29. It was the first time in 129 games in the BCL that they had topped 95 points in back-to-back games, and also the third time in just over a month that they had scored more than 90 points.

    The other two were a 91-68 win over PAOK in the Greek League on January 19, and a 102-89 win over Aris on December 28, also in the Greek League.

    RaiQuan Gray's increased output is a huge factor in their increased offensive numbers. In the BCL win over Promitheas, Gray had an incredible night, dropping 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 28 efficiency rating, and shooting 66.7 percent from the floor.

    He then followed that up with another dominant display against Kolossos H Hotels on February 1. Gray put up 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, and shot 61.5 percent from the field in an 86-85 win the the Greek League.

    Gray was MVP of both games and is absolutely flying right now.

    Gray's surge in form had started even earlier than that, though. On January 12, against Panathinaikos, again in the Greek League, he recorded 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and shot 63.6 percent from the field. AEK lost that game 103-80, but Gray finding his form was one of the positives they were able to take from the game.

    Gray, who was the 29th pick for the Brooklyn Nets in the 2021 NBA Draft, may have taken some time to adjust to his rookie season in Europe, but that only makes him an even more appealing Fantasy pick.

    His season averages of 7.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.6 steals on 59.5 percent shooting mean you can pick up Gray for just 11.4 efficiency points. That is insane value for a player who is in discovery mode and starting to show the whole continent that he has what it takes to be one of the most impactful players in the entire league.

    AEK take on Bertram Derthona Basket on Tuesday before we head into the February break for the continental qualifiers. They are at home where they haven't lost all season in the BCL and Gray in this kind of form is an almost irresistible pick as a player who is likely to continue stuffing the stat sheet from all directions.

    The fact that you can have a player like that for only 11.4 of your 55 efficiency points, allowing you to spend 43.6 points elsewhere on your roster and likely have at least two more premium assets, might be exactly what you need to help you get a better chance of promotion through divisions or even better, get the bragging rights in your group of other BCL Fantasy game contestants.

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